A rear skirt hanging from the bumper, seems to me, would help the road grime and soot situation covering the front of my toad. I'm thinking of the one that looks similar to a hula skirt - see 'em on most of the UPS and FedX over the road trucks.

all the big rv motorhomes use them some are very nice with s/s trim why not on a bus ? john

John, they have to be "tuned" to the setup of each bus (at least the solid mudflaps do). If the bus has lots of outlets for the air and an air supply, putting a solid mudflap just behind the rear tires (and I mean all the way across the width of the bus, not just behind the tires) usually helps make a "vacuum bubble" to draw air out of the engine area. If there are good inlets but no way for hot air to get out of the engine bay except through the lower openings, putting a solid mud flap or curtain can create a high-pressure area that will interfere with air circulation. But the important part is that different kinds of buses are different - what works on one may not work on another and what gives trouble on one may not give trouble on another. But it's something that should be considered.

Plaxton Paramounts have a full-width rear skirt thing, although it doesn't reach down very far. I can't believe it's much good as a mudflap (and there are conventional mudflaps behind the wheels anyway), so it's very possible that it's something to do with airflow or air pressure for engine cooling. But my bus is mid-engineed with the radiator behind the front wheels, and yet I still have the skirt (I know it's there because it was in the way when the tow hitch was fitted).

Jeremy

(In this photo it looks like the Duple in the background has a skirt too)

Got a hula skirt on my 5A, also have a 2" mudflap behind each wheel and don't have an overheating problem unless it is 107 degrees out and i am going up the hill out of Laughlin headed to Vegas. 8V71N with 644 allison.

Have you driven behind a motorhome with the hula skirt on the back? I have and the grass skirt is sticking straight back, unlike the heaver solid skirts, which hang only at a slight angle. Not much value in a skirt that doesn't hang down where it can stop the debris that comes off the tires or the bottom of the engine. JMO

No, I've not found a source for the skirting material. I understand from the manufacturer (Fleet Engineers) that the stuff is called "Spray Supression Skirting". None of their so-called dealers keep the product in stock and, they're not keen on ordering an eight foot piece.

Three 'dealers' took my number and put me in line. Haven't heard a word. Guess my number hasn't come up yet.

Sam 4106:

Thanks for that heads-up! No, I haven't followed an rv with just the 'grass skirting' , properly named Spray Supression Skirting (SSS). If the material acts as you described, then perhaps more thought should go into the effort before just hanging it off the bottom of the bumper.

I did, however, follow a Prevost with a very expensive looking combination. The top half of the skirt appeared to be solid rubber with a nice chrome strip across the entire width. The bottom half of the skirt was the SSS material. The skirt was hung from the bottom of the bumper by what appeared to be several single chain lengths.

Looks like if a man is not careful, he could be getting into deep financial waters.

Think I'll get in touch with Arthur - think he has the set-up that I'm hoping will work.

Took mine off and fixed leaks. Couldn't really tell differance. Most of crap seems to be road dirt/old oil and rubber. Have seen deflectors that fit on tow bars. With the 8-v92 on 1000 mile trips very little except road dirt on the toad. Haven't towed behind the 60 series yet. Bob